What is nitrogen base ? Please explain in detail and in very simple language?

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It is an organic molecule which contains the nitrogen element and acts as a base in chemical reactions. There are two major classes of nitrogenous bases:
(1) purines
(a) Guanine (b) Adenine
(2) pyrimidines
(a) Cytosine (b) Thymine (c) Uracil